I Can't Breathe
from Long Time Gone by The Prison Music Project
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The Prison Music Project feat. Sincere and Alex Batriz Baby Shell Dogg
lyrics
government officials
they playin’ games
look ‘em in they eyes
I know they lame
I can’t breathe
that’s what he said when he got put in a chokehold and died right there on his knees
we beggin’ please
we under siege
is we really safe up in our city streets?
urban societies
we all misfits
tryna fit in
but they won’t let us in
we gone right there in the front of our own kin
now they really acting like they’re our best friends
can’t trust a wolf in sheep’s clothes
he showing his fangs too much
so I know for that reason he wanna kill me though
blood thirsty, babylon, wanna see me dead
bullet holes right off in my black small head
i’m third-eyed wide not third-eyed blind
while i’m watching youngsters in the middle of the street as they die
i’m yellin’ freeze
I can’t breathe
somebody get this babylon off me
they yellin’ freeze
shit, I can’t breathe
youngsters gettin’ squeezed in the middle of the street
they yellin’ freeze
I can’t breathe
they killin’ us every day in the middle of the street
I’m yellin’ freeze
I can’t breathe
freeze
I can’t breathe
Oscar Grant got murdered next to BART
hands behind his back
popo thinking he was smart
fuckin’ mark
said he went for his taser gun but the forty cal bust his head off
right there on broad TV
and he still got out in a year, see
me, I shot a nigger three times, he didn’t die
but they gave me 25 to life
now show me where justice at
show me where justice at — shit
I’m starting to figure it’s just justice or it’s just us
they say justice is so blind
so I know it is when it comes to my kind
they playin’ games
look ‘em in they eyes
I know they lame
I can’t breathe
that’s what he said when he got put in a chokehold and died right there on his knees
we beggin’ please
we under siege
is we really safe up in our city streets?
urban societies
we all misfits
tryna fit in
but they won’t let us in
we gone right there in the front of our own kin
now they really acting like they’re our best friends
can’t trust a wolf in sheep’s clothes
he showing his fangs too much
so I know for that reason he wanna kill me though
blood thirsty, babylon, wanna see me dead
bullet holes right off in my black small head
i’m third-eyed wide not third-eyed blind
while i’m watching youngsters in the middle of the street as they die
i’m yellin’ freeze
I can’t breathe
somebody get this babylon off me
they yellin’ freeze
shit, I can’t breathe
youngsters gettin’ squeezed in the middle of the street
they yellin’ freeze
I can’t breathe
they killin’ us every day in the middle of the street
I’m yellin’ freeze
I can’t breathe
freeze
I can’t breathe
Oscar Grant got murdered next to BART
hands behind his back
popo thinking he was smart
fuckin’ mark
said he went for his taser gun but the forty cal bust his head off
right there on broad TV
and he still got out in a year, see
me, I shot a nigger three times, he didn’t die
but they gave me 25 to life
now show me where justice at
show me where justice at — shit
I’m starting to figure it’s just justice or it’s just us
they say justice is so blind
so I know it is when it comes to my kind
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from Long Time Gone,
released June 5, 2020
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Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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